NextGen NivoSlider for WordPress Plugin Directory
NextGen NivoSlider is a WordPress app, with a 3.5 average rating from 8 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
NextGen NivoSlider is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Aldert Vaandering. With a rating of 3.5★ from 8 reviews.
AppRanks data: NextGen NivoSlider ranks #0 in Gallery on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
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NextGen NivoSlider is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Gallery category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 8 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Aldert Vaandering — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.5★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (8) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How NextGen NivoSlider works
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NextGen NivoSlider allows you to create a NivoSlider as a widget or with a shortcode.
This plugin uses the ‘NextGen Gallery’ plugin to obtain the images using tags or gallery IDs.
NivoSlider is a great responsive image slideshow that is highly customizable. With a large array of effects and many additional options you are sure to find a combination that will suit your website.
Requirements:
NextGen Gallery Plugin
Features:
NextGen NivoSlider has been completely overhauled and is continually being added to. It currently supports all the of NivoSlider’s original functions and even has some extra’s!
Responsive!
Fully integrated with NextGen gallery
Theme support
Automatic URL linking (put a mailto:, http://, ftp:// or local / into your alt text)
Extra effect(s)
Shortcode and Widget support
Touchscreen support (experimental)
Parameters:
You can use the following parameters in the [ngg-nivoslider] shortcode.
Defaults, where applicable, are shown between parentheses (), available options between brackets [].
title: Title for slider. Leave blank for no title. (ex: title=”My Slider”)
gallery: Leave blank to use all galleries or choose a gallery to use. (ex: gallery=”galleryid”)
order [random”|”asc”|”desc”|”sortorder”]: Order to display results in. You can choose; Random, Latest First, Oldest First, or NextGen Sortorder. Random will still work when a page is cached. (ex: order=”random”)
tags: comma separated list of tags to filter results by. (ex: tags=”tag1, tag2″)
shuffle [boolean]: If order is random and this is true will shuffle images with javascript. Useful if your are caching your pages. (ex: shuffle=”true”)
max_pictures: The maximum amount of pictures to load. (ex: max_pictures=”6″)
html_id (“slider”): HTML id to use. Defaults to ‘slider’. Needs to be different for multiple sliders on same page. (ex: html_id=”custom-slider”)
width: Width to use on slider. (ex: width=”200″)
height: Height to use on slider. (ex: height=”150″)
center: Centers content in container. Requires width to be set. (ex: center=”1″)
resize: Resizes the images using TimThumb(v2). Available options are: (ex: resize=”3″)
1 – Resize to Fit specified dimensions (no cropping)
2 – Crop and resize to best fit the dimensions (default)
3 – Resize proportionally to fit entire image into specified dimensions, and add borders if required
4 – Resize proportionally adjusting size of scaled image so there are no borders gaps
resizewidth: The width TimThumb will use to resize the image (sc: resizewidth=”800″)
resizeheight: The height TimThumb will use to resize the image (sc: resizeheight=”600″)
resizebg (“ffffff”): The color (denoted in hex) to use for the borders that are generated when using resizing option 3 (ex: resizebg=”a0fb69″)
caption [“alttext”|”description”|”both”]: Show a caption with the slide, showing either the alttext or description as set up in NextGen gallery or both as “Bolded AltText – Description”
htmlcaption: HTML formatted caption to show on all images (ex: htmlcaption=”Title Welcome to this website“)
showgallerytitle [boolean]: Display the gallery title (ex: showgallerytitle=”true”)
showgallerydesc [boolean]: Display the gallery description (ex: showgallerydesc=”true”)
Nivo slider settings:
Please check the NivoSlider website for more details.
effect: What effect to use as transition. You can specify sets like: ‘fold,fade,sliceDown’. See list below for available effects.(ex: effect=”sliceDown,sliceUp”)
slices: The amount of slices to divide the image to for the slice effects(ex: slices=”3″)
boxCols: Amount of columns to split the image into for the box effects (ex: boxcols=”10″)
boxRows: Amount of row to split the image into for the box effects (ex: boxrows=”8″)
animSpeed: Slide transition speed in milliseconds (1000ms = 1 second). (ex: animspeed=”300″)
pauseTime: Time to pause in milliseconds (1000ms = 1 second) before continueing to the next image (ex: pausetime=”5000″)
startSlide: Set starting Slide. It’s 0-index so use 0 for the first slide. (ex: startslide=”3″)
directionNav [“true”|”false”]: Whether to display the Next & Prev controls or not. (ex: directionnav=”true”)
controlNav [“true”|”false”]: 1,2,3… (ex: controlnav=”setting”)
controlNavThumbs [“true”|”false”]: Use thumbnails for Control Nav if set to true. (ex: controlnavthumbs=”true”)
thumbsWidth: Resize thumbnail to this width. Recommended to set if using thumbnails. (ex: thumbswidth=”20″)
thumbsHeight: Resize thumbnail to this height. Recommended to set if using thumbnails. (ex: thumbsheight=”20″)
thumbsContainerHeight: Height for thumbnails container. Calculation should be ‘number of thumbnail image rows’ x ‘thumbsheight’. (ex: thumbscontainerheight=”20″)
thumbsGap: Gap between thumbnails. (ex: thumbsgap=”5″)
controlNavThumbsFromRel: Use image rel for thumbs. (ex: controlnavthumbsfromrel=”setting”)
controlNavThumbsSearch: Replace this with… (ex: controlnavthumbssearch=”setting”)
controlNavThumbsReplace: …this in thumb Image src. (ex: controlnavthumbsreplace=”setting”)
keyboardNav: Use left & right arrows. (ex: keyboardnav=”setting”)
pauseOnHover: Stop animation while hovering. (ex: pauseonhover=”setting”)
manualAdvance: Force manual transitions. (ex: manualadvance=”setting”)
prexText: Text to display for previous (ex: prevtext=”prev”)
nextText: Text to display for next (ex: prevtext=”next”)
randomStart [“true”|”false”]: Start with a random slide (ex: randomstart=”true”)
captionOpacity: Universal caption opacity. (ex: captionopacity=”setting”)
disableCaptions: (ex: disablecaptions=”1″)
beforeChange: (ex: beforechange=”setting”)
afterChange: (ex: afterchange=”setting”)
slideshowEnd: Triggers after all slides have been shown. (ex: slideshowend=”setting”)
lastSlide: Triggers when last slide is shown. (ex: lastslide=”setting”)
afterLoad: Triggers when slider has loaded. (ex: afterload=”setting”)
Nivo Effects:
random
sliceDown
sliceDownLeft
sliceUp
sliceUpLeft
sliceUpDown
sliceUpDownLeft
fold
foldReverse
fade
slideInRight
slideInLeft
boxRandom
boxRain
boxRainReverse
boxRainGrow
boxRainGrowReverse
Shortcode examples:
[ngg-nivoslider html_id=”about-slider”]
[ngg-nivoslider title=”Hello” gallery=”1″ html_id=”about-slider” width=”200″ height=”150″ center=”1″]
[ngg-nivoslider html_id=”about-slider” directionnav=”false” controlnav=”false”]
[ngg-nivoslider tags=slideshow order=”random” effect=”fade” shuffle=”true” max_pictures=”12″ html_id=”slider” resizebg=”fdfdfd” resizewidth=”900″ resizeheight=”620″ resize=”3″ center=”1″ directionNav=”false” controlNav=”false” pauseTime=”10000″ animSpeed=”1000″ pauseOnHover=”false”]
To do Feel free to suggest new features or things you’d like to see in this plugin!
Create some extra themes.
Scrollable thumbnails?
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where NextGen NivoSlider stands in the Gallery category
NextGen NivoSlider ranks #0 of 586 apps in the Gallery category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is NextGen NivoSlider?
NextGen NivoSlider is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.5-star rating from 8 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Gallery category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Aldert Vaandering.
Who uses NextGen NivoSlider?
Currently around 200 active stores have installed NextGen NivoSlider. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Gallery category on WordPress.